From ed6e9e85bf42b995f05d086b356c019e76513f80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yogesh Thambidurai <yogesh@gyoge.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 21:15:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] configure django's database connections

---
 tcf_core/settings/base.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tcf_core/settings/base.py b/tcf_core/settings/base.py
index 6d4e83f5a..f81f98785 100644
--- a/tcf_core/settings/base.py
+++ b/tcf_core/settings/base.py
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@
             "PASSWORD": env.str("AWS_RDS_PASSWORD"),
             "HOST": env.str("AWS_RDS_HOST"),
             "PORT": env.int("AWS_RDS_PORT"),
+            # Connection pooling - reuse connections between requests
+            "CONN_MAX_AGE": 60,  # Keep connections alive for 60 seconds
+            # Health checks (Django 4.1+) - verify connection is still valid
+            "CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS": True,
+            # Database connection options
+            "OPTIONS": {
+                "connect_timeout": 10,  # Timeout for establishing connection
+                "options": "-c statement_timeout=30000",  # 30 second query timeout
+            },
         }
     }